different between kummel vs pummel

English

Alternative forms

• kümmel

Etymology

From German Kümmel.

Noun

kummel (countable and uncountable, plural kummels)

1. A German caraway liqueur.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 140:

     ‘The best kümmel comes in those bear-shaped bottles. It comes from Russia.’

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kümmel, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German kumil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: kum?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

kummel m (uncountable)

1. caraway, Carum carvi

   Synonym: karwij

2. kummel (caraway-based spirits)

Related terms

• komijn

French

Etymology

From German Kümmel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.m?l/

Noun

kummel m (plural kummels)

1. kummel

Further reading

• “kummel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Alteration of pommel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?m?l/
• Rhymes: -?m?l
• Hyphenation: pum?mel

Verb

pummel (third-person singular simple present pummels, present participle (UK) pummelling or (US) pummeling, simple past and past participle (UK) pummelled or (US) pummeled)

1. To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.

Translations

Noun

pummel (plural pummels)

1. Alternative form of pommel

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: pum?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

pummel m (plural pummels, diminutive pummeltje n)

1. (derogatory) bumpkin (unsophisticated person, usually male)

Derived terms

• boerenpummel